On this day, March 12, in 1864

General Carleton, commander of the Department of New Mexico, wrote an insightful letter to a fellow General regarding the recent surrender of the Navajo people. The letter proclaimed, quote, “they found it was their destiny, too, as it had been that of tribe after tribe, to give way to the insatiable progress of our race, they threw down their arms, and have come to us with confidence in our magnanimity.” Talk about a perfect example of white supremacy and sense of entitlement. And they teach us that manifest destiny was a noble concept?